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GEQ RGE o. WEsTovEn; OF PADUGAH, KENTUCKY,

Letters Patent No. 61,494, dated January 22, 1867. I.

IMPROVEMENT IN GHURNAND EGG- HEATER COMBINED.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be-it known that I, GEORGE O. WESTOVER, 0t- -Paducah, McOraeken county,State of Kentucky have invented new and useful Improvements in'Churnsand Egg-Beater Combined; and I do hereby declare the following to be anexact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a partof this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a sectionalelevation of the whole churn.

Figurei? a top vie w of the tiucylinder or churn with the three ribs orflanges on the inside.

Figure 3 a view of the shaft with the forked beater.

Figure 4 a view of the fluted beater.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and combinationofthe churn with its devices, and operated by a reverse motion, both toexpedite the churning and to collect the butter.

A represents the frame that supports the churn and its devices. B theband-wheel, (operated by a orailk, 0,) and revolving upon an uprightshaft, D. The band E passes around the band-wheel B and the top of theshaft G that drives the shaft Gr, with its heaters, H I, in the churn J.The churn or cylinder J is made of tin or any suitable material, and hasa concave lid, K, on its top, and three flanges, L, on its sides, atequal distances apart and extending along its bottom, but not connectedat the centre of the bottom. On the shaft G are two blades, M, formedbyapiece of wood or metaliextending through the shaft G, to project on eachside, and bevelled ofi' at the top and bottom. The heaters H and I slipover the shaft G so as to fit closely uponthe shaft and the flanges orblades M. The heaters H and I are intended to be used separately ortogether. They are curved diagonally or obliquely, the heater or dasherH being fluted, and the beater I being forked; and as the shaft Gr isrevolved or receiving a reverse motion by the operation of the crank orhandle O, the heaters H and I are braced and held firmly by the bladesM, and operate accordingly, corresponding with the movement of thehandle. A vacuum is formed below at the bottom of the blades M, and thenotches or forks on the beater I allow the air to pass downward, andthis beater I answers the purpose as an egg-beater, whilst the flutedbeater H operates better upon cream or milk for churning butter. N is athumb-screw to tighten the lower beater to the shaft G. P is a commonfaucet, for the purpose of drawing off the milk when desired, that mayor may not be added. I

What I claim as my invention, .and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The construction and combination of the churn, with its devices G H I JL M, as herein described and for the purposcsset forth.

GEORGE G. WESTOVER.

Witnesses:

B. F. Moses, WM. J. Gnnrr.

